Rep. Andrew Brenner set off a Twitter storm this afternoon when he apparently called
the private telephone number of national conservative commentator Dana Loesch’s husband to engage
him about the immigration issue.

In the early afternoon, Loesch engaged in a heated Twitter debate with Brenner’s wife, Sara
Marie Brenner, over Glenn Beck and immigration. Loesch’s husband, Chris, also joined in the
discussion.

But the situation escalated to an unusual place when Loesch and her husband, who apparently were
on vacation, got a call from Rep. Brenner, R-Powell, to debate the issue over the phone.

That set off a string of tweets from Loesch.

BEYOND inappropriate and creepy: why is
@andrewbrenner calling us on immigration?? How did
he get out private number??

The Twitter battle also drew comments from a host of others, including Ohio Democratic Chairman
Chris Redfern and an account that claims to be Fox News host Sean Hannity’s hair, who tweeted out
Brenner’s cell phone number and urged people to call and “ask if he likes getting calls at home
about things he tweets. Tell him u met him at a rally once.”

Brenner called the
Dispatch later to say he got the number from his wife after the debate on Twitter had gone
for some time.

“I thought we’d just have an actual adult conversation over it. He never said he was on
vacation. I had no way of knowing he was on vacation. He didn’t have to answer the phone,” Brenner
said.

Brenner said he had met Dana Loesch more than once. “If I knew I was going to get this kind of
response I never would have called.”